Bicycle-saddle



(No Model.)

F.O. AVERY. BICYCLE SADDLE.

Patented May 31,1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

FREDERIOKO. AVERY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

BICYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,955, dated May 31, 1898. Application filed April '7, 1896. Serial No. 586,554. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that I, FREDERICK C. AVERY, of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

The Object of my invention is to produce a saddle for bicycle-riders which will. sustain the Weight on those bones or parts which are intended by nature to sustain the weight when in a sitting attitude, and a saddle that will make a perfect seat and have none of those objections which are peculiar to the saddle now in use.

With the saddle now in use the rider sits astride of the seat,and a portion of the weight, instead of bearing on the seat portion ofthe saddle, comes on the horn portion in such a way that it is apt to, and in fact has in many cases, injured the person.

There are in fact many persons who would like to ride a bicycle, but cannot because of the tendency of'the rigid horn to produce inj urious efiects by its unyielding and at times excessive pressure.

While the horn or front portion of the saddle has its many serious objections, yet itis almost impossible to ride without it with any kind of comfort.

';not keep his place in the seat of the saddle, especially if the roads are a littlerough. In

Without it the rider canact the rider feels so insecure without this cm or front portion that in most cases he is illi'ng to take his chances for an injury for 'fe rather than use the saddle without it. *urthermore, it is perfectly correct to say that takes more than ordinary skill in a rider to ide a saddle without this horn or front por- V My improved device will do away with the -ierious objections mentioned and yet hold him 'irmly in his seat. It will place the weight of the rider where it is intended the weight should be and at the same time hold him firmly in place without any chance of injury.

"' in other words, the seat has all the advan- -fthe same. Figs. 3 and 4. are similar views f a modified form of the saddle, and Figs. 5

ages of a seat without any of those disadvanages peculiar to the saddles in use.

Figure 1 is an inverted plan View of my sadle. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section and 6 are similar views of a still further modification.

Referring to the drawings, Figs. 1 to 6, I divide (for the sake of explanation) the saddle in two parts. That marked A, Icall the seat portion and B, I call the horn portion. A distinction between these two parts must be had to make my invention clear.

The part A takes the weight only of the rider. The part B holds the rider firmly in place and should take no part of the weight whatever. To obtain this result, in Fig. 1 I take the ordinary saddle-covering of leather or other material made in one piece and fasten a center plate E at the dividing-line between the rear portion and horn portion. Between the cantle G and center plate E, I place a spring 0, which is adjusted by the screw I to give a tension to the covering F on the seat portion A only. This spring is operated in just the same way as the ordinary'saddlespring; but as it is greatly shortened by terminating near the middle it forms with that portion of the saddle back of the middle plate a practically rigid rear portion that has little or no spring action, the middle part at E being rigid so far as vertical movement is concerned. Connected again with this center plate E, and the pommel-clip J is the front or pommel spring proper tension with the sliding clip H. This clip is also operated in much the same manher on saddles now in use. With the construction described it is possible to adjust the tension on the saddle-cover F on the seat portion A and horn portion B entirely independent of each other. It will also be seen that the seat-part clamp K is fastened to the seatspring O, which takes the weight of the rider that allows thepommel-spring D to be operated and adjusted, so that any unnecessary weight which may bear on the horn portion B of the saddle will cause it to move down, so it can do no harm, and yet the spring will have tension enough to hold it in place.

The springD is firmly clamped to the spring 0, so that'there can be no side motion.

I do not confine myself to any particular style or shape of springs, or to any particular kind of covering, or to any particular style or shape of clamps, or any particular mode of adjustment, or any particular shape of sad- D. This spring is given the die. Thus, for instance, I may modify my in vention, as shown in Figs. 3, at, 5, and 6.

Figs. 3 and 4 show the saddle divided in two parts with two center plates E and M and separate covers, or, if desired, this style may be made without a cover and constructed of wood or shaped or cast in metal.

Figs. 5 and 6 have one cover, but have an under strip D, that takes the place of the pommel-spring. I also show a pad L, which may be made of soft material or filled with air and which is arranged between spring D and the horn or pommel.

The saddle as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is my preferred form; but the springs as shown in Figs. 3 and 5 can be applied, if desired, to the saddle shown in Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A bicycle-saddle consisting of a seat portion, a cantle, a pommel-clip, and an intermediate bearing-plate connected to said seat portion, means for connecting the intermediate plate to the cantle to support the rider, and means for connecting the intermediate bearing-plate with the pommel-clip in a yielding manner said intermediate plate being practically rigid substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. A bicycle-saddle having a central bearing-plate and a cantle-plate supports connecting the two, an independent pommel part, and a spring connecting the pomniel or front part to the rigid part of the saddle and made adjustable substantially as shown and described.

FREDERICK C. AVERY.

Witnesses:

CHAS. C. Dawson, KATHARINE A. D. DAwsoN. 

